New lunation 1142 / 2095

Synodic month length 29.65 days

29 days, 15 hours and 39 minutes is the length of new lunation 1142. It is 46 minutes longer than next lunation 1143 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 55 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 8 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 4 June 2092 Wednesday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠167.3°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠167.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠190.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon in apogee

Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 01:49, this is 13 days after last perigee on 21 May 2092 at 11:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 18 June 2092 at 20:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 406 601 km

This apogee Moon is 406 601 km(252 650 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's farthest apogee of 2092. It is 1 193 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 108 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon before ascending node

8 days after its descending node on 26 May 2092 at 13:44 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 10 June 2092 at 04:20 in ♌ Leo.

Draconic month

Moon before northern standstill

11 days after previous South standstill on 23 May 2092 at 22:16 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.010°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.088° in the next northern standstill on 7 June 2092 at 05:48 in ♋ Cancer.